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So you want to defund the regulatory body that keeps timber companies inside the rules? We'd be Oregon without the DNR. I say fund them both but get some people that will make tough decisions on the behalf of the fish and their mission statement. DNR is the body that rejected the fish farm permit. Not trying to be abrasive at all just wanting to understand your point of view.

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So you want to defund the regulatory body that keeps timber companies inside the rules? We'd be Oregon without the DNR. I say fund them both but get some people that will make tough decisions on the behalf of the fish and their mission statement. DNR is the body that rejected the fish farm permit. Not trying to be abrasive at all just wanting to understand your point of view.

No I don't. My point is that people want to defund WDFW for declining fish runs that for the most part they are not responsible for. They did not sign Boldt. They don't permit development, they don't sell timber. They aren't perfect but they are waaaaay down the line of responsible parties. No one want to hear that though. People really want it to be WDFW's fault and they want to punish them, as though that would help. Just like my analogy of defunding DNR, it won't help.

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No I don't. My point is that people want to defund WDFW for declining fish runs that for the most part they are not responsible for. They did not sign Boldt. They don't permit development, they don't sell timber. They aren't perfect but they are waaaaay down the line of responsible parties. No one want to hear that though. People really want it to be WDFW's fault and they want to punish them, as though that would help. Just like my analogy of defunding DNR, it won't help.